Automatic stop for children&#39;s carriages.



No. 716,717. Patented Dec. 23, I902.

v B. T. JONES. AUTOMATIC STOP FOR DHILDBENS CARRIAGE S.

(Application filed Sept. 22, 1992.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD T. JONES, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

AUTOMATIC STOP FOR CHILDRENS CARRIAGES,

SPECIFIGA.'.l'.".l'.ON' forming part of Letters Patent No. 716,717, dated December 23, 1902. Application filed September 22,1902. Serial No. 124,297. (No model.)

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD T. JONES, a citizen of the United States, residing-at Baltimore, State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Stops for Childrens Carriages, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in automatic stops for childrens carriages; and its object is to provide an improved construction of device of this character which will automatically operate to prevent the carriage from moving when the attendants hands have been removed from the handlebar of the carriage and which will be readily held out of operative position by the action of the attendant in placing the hands on the handle-bar to propel the carriage.

The invention consists of certain constructions, arrangements, and combination of the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side view of the rear portion of a childs carriage with one form of my improved automatic stop device applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view, on a larger scale, of the stop-latch and its supporting-bracket.

To one of the reaches a, of the childs carriage (illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2) and within the margin of the rim of the adjacent wheel b is rigidly secured a bracket 0, extending laterally from the reach toward said adjacent wheel and provided with a verticallyextending free end 0, which is formed with a guide-loop cl, as best seen in Fig. 3. To

the other end of said bracket is pivoted one end of a latch e, which swings vertically, and whose other end projects through said guide-loop d in a position to project between the spokes of the carriage-wheel when the latch is allowed to drop and which will clear said spokes when it is raised. The up-anddown movement of said latch is limited by the guide-loop d, as is evident. Preferably both the bracket c and latch e are stamped out of sheet metal. In order to raise the said latch e to clear its free end from the spokes, there is provided a chain or cord f, secured at one end to the latch and secured at its other end to one end of a lever g, pivoted intermediate of its ends to the reach a near the upper end of the same; and to the other endof said lever is connected a push-rod h mounted to slide through the handle-bar a of the carriage, and having at its upper end a knob or head h.

In practice, to propel the carriage, the attendant grasps the handle-bar a. and in so doing presses the push-rod h downwardly, which rocks the lever g and causes the latter to raise the latch upwardly, so that said latch will clear itself from the spokes. Then the carriage can be propelled, as is obvious, so long as the attendants hands grasp the handle -bar and hold the push-rod in its downward position. S0 soon, however, as the attendants hands are removed from the handle-bar ct the latch 6 will drop by gravity between the spokes of the carriage-wheel and prevent the carriage from being propelled.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A stop device for childrens carriages, comprising a bracket adapted to be secured to the carriage and provided with a verticallyextending end formed with a guide-loop; a latch pivoted at one end to said bracket, with its other end projecting through said guideloop and adapted to swing into and out of the way of the wheel-spokes; a cord or chain secured at one end to said latch; a lever fulcrumed intermediate of its ends near the upper end of said reach and connected at one end to the other end of said chain; and a push-rod mounted to slide through the handle bar of the carriage, in position to be moved downwardly when the attendants hands grasp said handle-bar, and said pushrod connected. to the other end of said lever, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affizr my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

RICHARD T. JONES.

Witnesses:

CHARLES E. MANN, Jr., FREDERICK S. STITT. 

